Emblem



NOV. 1934- F. L. BORCHERT ET AL 1,980,744

EMBLEM Filed May 27, 1933 Patented Nov. 13, 1934 EDIBLEM Fred L. Borchert and William Borchert, Rockford, Ill.

Application May'27, 1933, Serial No. 673,235

2 Claims. (01. 40-1.5)

This invention relates to an emblem or badge for wear on garments.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an emblem of attractive appearance and economical construction and one that is adapted to be quickly and easily attached to the garment and in such a way as not to injure the fabric, and yet hold securely enough for all practical purposes. An important feature of this emblem,

which accounts for its good appearance, is the fact that the ribbon covering the sheet metal clip that forms the body of the emblem is enough wider than the clip so that no metal shows, and the edges of the emblem are soft and smooth to the feel and present a pleasing appearance.

Another object consists in the special forming of the sheet metal clip toprovide not only spurs with which to grip the garment, but also clinching jaws in which portions of the ribbon forming the envelope or covering can be pinched in the manufacture of the emblems to keep the ribbon from coming off before the emblem is used.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a coat having an emblem made in accordance with our invention applied to the lapel;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the emblem ready for use, showing the same on a larger scale to give so a better idea of the construction and appearance; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sheet metal blank for forming the clip used in the emblem;

Fig. 4 is a similar View showing the blank covered, with nothing remaining to complete the emblem but the bending at the middle to bring it to the form shown in Fig. 2, and

Figs. 5 and 6 are cross sections on the correspondingly numbered lines of Figs. 3 and 4, respectively.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding parts throughout the views.

The emblem shown at 7 in Figure 1, as applied to the lapel of a coat, displays two colors which may be college, school, or class colors. In some instances, tricolored emblems are used. Naturally the number of colors employed is immaterial; the emblem may be of one, two, three or more colors, and any suitable insignia, slogan, or other marking across the background may be used, as desired.

The emblem is constructed so that it may be reversed back to front, and, in that way, may be worn on the right or left side of ones garment, or reversed in case the part showing becomes soiled. Usually where an insignia is printed on the ribbon, the same thing is shown on both halves of the emblem with the reversibility in mind. Em blems of this kind are useful for campaign and convention purposes, or identification on tag days and at dances and other functions. .As shown in Fig. 2, the emblem is made up of a sheet metal clip 8 with a ribbon 9 as a covering or envelope, the clip being made V-shaped to fit over the edge of the garment portion to which the emblem is to be applied, and having spurs 10 to embed in the garment fabric to fasten the emblem thereto. The clip 8 is of zinc, or other easily bendable metal or material taking a set in whatever shape it is bent, without any tendency to spring back, and thus loosen. The rust resistant property of the metal mentioned is also a factor favorable toits 0 use for the present purposes, because it means freedom from discoloration of the covering 9. While the emblem is shown in Figure 1 as applied to the lapel, we have shown in dotted lines how the same might be applied to the pocket instead, it being, of course, customary for a person to wear only one emblem of a kind at a time. Furthermore, while the emblem is shown applied to a, mans coat, it should be understood that the em'-l blem is also intended for ladies wear, the construction being such that there is no danger of the emblem damaging delicate fabrics. The emblem presents an equally attractive appearance on all garments because of the fact that the ribbon covering 9 is wider than the sheet metal clip Q5 8, thus keeping the metal completely covered up and giving the emblem soft, smooth edges, pleasing to the touch and most attractive in appearance. The difference in width is sufficient to allow a slight amount of slippage of the ribbon to QQ one side or the other in the handling of the emblem, without any likelihood of the edges of the metal clip coming to View. Selvage edges are provided on the ribbon covering 9, as indicated at 11,

so that there is no danger of raveling. The em- 9 blem will not, therefore, become frayed, but under ordinary circumstances will wear indefinitely.

In the manufacture of the emblem, we have found that if the spurs 10 on the clip 8 are made small enough, there is no danger of damaging the 9 more delicate fabrics to which the emblem may be applied, and while such smaller spurs will afford good anchorage for the emblem on the garment, it would not be safe to rely upon these spurs alone to hold the ribbon covering 9 in place on the clip, especially when the ribbon is of silk or other like material that slips easily and is hard to hold. With that in mind, we form the blank for the clip 8, as shown in Fig. 3, with a 11 pair of clinching jaws 12 directly behind each of the spurs 10, by simply slitting the blank and bending up lugs from opposite sides of the slit at the apex of the triangular opening formed in the punching up of each spur. Then, after the blank is placed on the ribbon 9 and the ends of the ribbon are folded over and pressed down over the spurs 10, the extremities of the ribbon are pressed down onto the clinching jaws causing the same to close and pinch a small amount of ribbon therebetween, as indicated at 13 in Fig. 6. The jaws 12 are bent up originally only to the extent appearing in Fig. 5, so that they will be sure to close, as shown in Fig. 6, when the opera tion described is performed. The emblem is then ,in the condition illustrated in Fig. 4 with nothing but the bending acrossthe middle remaine ing to complete the emblem and make it ready for use, as shown in Fig. 2. clip, the ribbon is stretched neatly across the outside. All of the operations described are, of course, done by machine. The machine is of a type in which the zinc material for the clips is fed in from a roll and in which the ribbon for the covering is likewise fed in from a roll, the blanks for the clip being cut to the required length and the ribbon to the required length. Then, after the spurs 10 and clinching jaws 12 are struck up, the blank is picked up by gripping jaws and placed on the ribbon therefor, whereupon the ends of the ribbon are folded over the ends of the blank, and the rest of the operation proceeds as described above, winding up with the bending of the emblem into the form shown in Fig.

ularly as applied to an emblem for use on garments, it should be understood that certain features of construction are applicable to tags or markers for identification purposes generally,

whether used on garments or anything else. The

appended claims have been drawn so as to cover all legitimate modifications and adaptations.

We claim:

In the bending of the 1. An emblem or tag comprising a sheet metal body bent to substantially V-shape, each of the arms of the V being provided with one or more punched in triangular shaped spurs so as to leave the openings formed thereby between the spurs and the crotch of the V, each of the arms of the V being further provided with punched slits extending from the triangular openings toward the crotch of the V, the edges of said slits forming envelope clinching jaws, and a fabric envelope covering the outer surfaces of said V-shaped body and having its ends folded inwardly and pierced by said spurs, the extremities of the envelope having portions received between the clinching jaws,

and the edges of said slits forming the jaws being jaws at the edges of the slits, and a ribbon bearing coloring or insignia'suitable for identification purposes, the ribbon being longer and wider than said body member and being disposed covering the outer plane surfacesof said body with the ends folded over the ends of said body so that the lateral edges of the ribbon project beyond the lateral edges of the body for concealment of the latter, the ends of the ribbon being pierced by. the fastening spurs and pinched be.- tween the clinching jaws, the edges of the slits being bent back toward each other and. toward the plane of the body, and said body'being bent across the middle to substantially V-shape, whereby to bring the spurs atopposite ends of the body into opposed relationship suitable for gripping a garment portion entered between the arms of the V when said arms are forced toward each other.

FRED L. BORCHERT.

WILLIAM BORCHERT. 

